Which to use
“paces” is a verb and “parés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,583
- “paces” frequency rank
- #43,589
- “parés” frequency rank
- 87172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paces | parés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) du présent de l’indicatif de pacer. | Masculin pluriel de paré. |
Where the eye mixes paces and parés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. paces and parés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: paces vs parés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: paces is \ˈpa.θes\ while parés is \pa.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paces is recorded at frequency rank #43,583, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈpa.θes\. parés is at rank #43,589, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pa.ʁe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 87172, this pair ranks #8,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of paces vs parés
Shared letters: aps. Private to "paces": ce. Private to "parés": ré.
"paces" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "parés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- paces ← apces · pacces · pacess · pacse · paecs · pcaes · ppaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "paces" for "parés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "paces" or "parés"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "paces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paces" and "parés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parés vs prep". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #8,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.